Ann Van Baelen
@amjvanbaelen.bsky.social
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Palaeolithic archaeologist working with natural science collections @DiSSCoFlanders @KU Leuven
For
#MineralMonday
βοΈ: A first set of 589 minerals from the collection of the KU Leuven dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences can from now onwards be consulted online :
blendeff.be/s/en/collect...
π· KU Leuven. Imaging Lab
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#OpenAccess
#FAIRdata
#digitalspecimen
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For today's
#TaxidermyTuesday
π¦ a case of taxidermal engineering: This mounted bird with its striking tail feathers from the
#KULeuven
Zoology Museum recently caused quite a few raised eyebrows as it turned out to be βnot a real birdβ (1/5) π· by KU Leuven. Imaging Lab
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2 months ago
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Quentin Cosnefroy
2 months ago
Did Neandertals choose their prey when practicing cannibalism?π Check out our new study, just published in Scientific Reports -
@natureportfolio.nature.com
! We provide the strongest evidence to date for a highly selective cannibalism at the end of Neandertal lineage, 41-45.000 years ago. 1/7
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Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Highly selective cannibalism in the Late Pleistocene of Northern Europe reveals Neandertals were targeted prey
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-24460-3
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Joshua J. Friedman
4 months ago
One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."
add a skeleton here at some point
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Sinds enkele jaren zet onze dienst in het kader van
@disscoflanders.bsky.social
sterk in op de digitalisatie van de natuurwetenschappelijke collecties van
@kuleuven.bsky.social
. Maar waarom digitaliseren we al die opgezette vogels, mineralen, bodemmonolieten en fossielen eigenlijk? ππ»
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Van kikker tot kennisbank: waarom we onze natuurwetenschappelijke collecties digitaliseren
Hoewel natuurwetenschappelijke collecties in het verleden vaak een ietwat stoffig imago hadden, vormen ze een onschatbare bron van kennis. Digitalisering en ...
https://www.eoswetenschap.eu/natuur-milieu/van-kikker-tot-kennisbank-waarom-we-onze-natuurwetenschappelijke-collecties?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content
8 months ago
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TraceoLab
10 months ago
Weβre deeply concerned about the disappearance of our colleague Pierre Noiret. Please share and help us spread the word. For more information please check:
www.police.be/avis-de-rech...
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Tom Gauld
about 1 year ago
My latest cartoon for
@newscientist.bsky.social
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With its small bifaces also a very interesting parallel for the nearby π§πͺ Middle
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site of Oosthoven-Heieinde
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about 1 year ago
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To document the KU Leuven scientific
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, our unit (Scientific Collections & Heritage) teamed up w/ Storyrunner to create a series of interviews in which former curators & collection managers talk abt the history of the collections and their own role & contribution. A π§΅:
about 1 year ago
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